1931 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1931 between Essendon and Richmond during round five of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Basil McCormack captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Garnet Campbell and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (10.12.72) were defeated by Richmond (11.20.86).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 30 May 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 10.12.72 - 11.20.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 8 . 8 8 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Richmond 4 . 5 5 . 6 10 . 18 11 . 20 11 . 20 (86)
Margin RICH by 17 ESSE by 20 RICH by 21 RICH by 14 RICH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Garnet Campbell

Richmond

Captain: Basil McCormack
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Bisset RICH 7 3
Bruce Anderson ESSE 16 2
Stan Judkins RICH 6 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 0 ?
35 Gomez, Frank ? ? 1 ?
16 Gubbins, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
18 Hartigan, Gerry ? ? 1 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 3 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 0 ?
13 Le Brun, Norm ? ? 1 ?
21 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 1 ?
8 Russell, Stuart ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 2 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 1 ?
25 Williamson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
24 Ford, Frank ? ? 2 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 Oakley, Allan ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 3 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Strang, Doug ? ? 2 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 2 ?
2 Twyford, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 20

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s